Recruiting Industry

“Post and pray” isn’t limited to recruiters. For a lot of job seekers out there, finding their next opportunity means casting the widest net possible. For candidates, “post and pray”… Read more

Recruiting is, professionally speaking, something of an anomaly. Most recruiters are career existentialists, somehow falling into a profession that has low barriers of entry, little or no formal training or dedicated… Read more

Software Advice, an Austin based subsidiary of Gartner Inc. designed to help consumers choose the right software for their needs, recently published a benchmark study on job board efficacy and… Read more

Since LinkedIn first filed its complaint against HiringSolved back in January, the case and its developments have been highly publicized – and closely watched – throughout the HR technology and… Read more

Monster is at it again. I want to be clear that this isn’t going to turn into a Monster-bashing. Sorry to disappoint. In fact, I’ve been a consumer of Monster… Read more

This past spring in Philadelphia, I had the honor to serve as the emcee for the 2014 iTalent HR Technology Competition, thrown in conjunction with the Human Resources Outsourcing Association’s… Read more

Corporate recruiters get solicitations all the time from external recruiters/agencies to help them with their open positions, with some building on existing business, and some trying to drum up new… Read more

Conference agendas often skew tidily to the side of the conference organizer’s own agenda, and their speaker selection tends to reflect either the necessary evil that is pay-for-play (like the… Read more

It’s no secret that most recruiters have a love-hate relationship with LinkedIn. But whether they’re frustrated with price point, data privacy or overall efficacy, they now can add another reason to… Read more

Every so often recruitment conferences (of which there are many,) need defibrillators strapped to them and set to 50,000 volts! They need a serious jolt – you know they do! Too… Read more

The next big transformation in human capital management is underway, led by changes in talent acquisition. While candidate expectations are rising regarding the frequency, pace and transparency of communication in… Read more

Rumors of the death of job boards, with apologies to Mark Twain, might be greatly exaggerated, but that hasn’t stopped their reported demise from becoming something of a ’cause celebre’… Read more

Recruiting agency professionals are experts at identifying the upper bounds of human potential. However, even they can struggle to hire their own salespeople.  The problem, ultimately, is that they often focus… Read more

Our top 3 recruitment takeaways from the Australian Talent Conference 2014.

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